The Depalma surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,324 people carried this name — #7,677 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 68,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 4,357 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Depalma surname

Variant of Di Palma.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «De Palma» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 92 people named Depalma live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 57
City of Buenos Aires 35

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Depalma in American newspapers,
1910–1921.

Newspaper page from The Daytona Daily News carrying the name Depalma
The Daytona Daily News 1910-03-12
Newspaper page from The Pensacola Journal carrying the name Depalma
The Pensacola Journal 1921-05-31
Newspaper page from Richmond Daily Register carrying the name Depalma
Richmond Daily Register 1921-04-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,301 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Depalma,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,173 records

1,173 records of the Depalma name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 377
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 233
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 230
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 223
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 54
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 54
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Peter Depalma

    Born 1913 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Newark, New Jersey; window dresser. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1977, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Rosa Depalma

    Arrived at New York in 1912 aboard the Duca di Aosta from Genoa, aged 19; domestic. From Giovinazzo, Bari, Italy; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Thomas Carmine Depalma

    Born 1945; from Providence, Rhode Island. U.S. Army, fixed wing aviation unit commander; killed in action 1969 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,173 records for Depalma in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

France42 records

42 records of the Depalma name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Angele Depalma

    Born 1937 in Chenôve (Côte-d'Or); died 1995 in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque (Pyrénées-Orientales).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Christophe Depalma

    Born 1925 in Italy; died 1992 in Montbéliard (Doubs).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Joseph Depalma

    Born 1943 in Grenoble (Isère); died 1990 in Canada.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 42 records for Depalma in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Depalma name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Vernon Robert De Palma

    Died in service in 1942.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 1 of 3 records for Depalma in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Depalma name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Susanna de Palma

    Buried in 1738 in Breda.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Breda (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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